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Show UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. Novmebcr 5 - Pace 5 Altered Vehicle Status Thinking about souping up that car? Highway Patrol says check laws first! Over the put couple of year there have been many people here in the Uintah Basin that have brought up queationa to the Highway Patrol regarding altered vehicle. Moat of the queationa refer to just a couple of obvioua alterations. It may he profitable to diacuaa what the regulation actually tell ua before you decide to alter your vehicle. Any time that a vehicle ha any a, part ofita Original Equipment Manu-facturer- (OEM )t equipment changed in any way, that vehicle ia being altered. When that takea place the vehicle immediately cornea under the Altered Vehicle regulationa of the Utah Code Annotated, ). through a Some of the moat common are lifting the vehicle and tinting the window. In order to do ao legally there are requirement that have tobe met In July changea to the law went into effect that regulate garding window tint. The argument that other states have laws that are more loose is not a defense in this state. The law requires that the front windshield allow 70? light transmittance. The law also requires that 43'fc light transmittance be allowed through the windows to the right and left of the driver. If the tint does not allow that much light through, then the window is in violation, (UCA Also, there are specific regulations on the amount and placement of any stickers on windows. Most of these alterations are quite costly, so before you personalize your vehicle it may help to ask the Utah Highway Patrol or your local law enforcement if the things that you want to do are allowed under the regulations of the state. We have heard many remarks about the need to allow different types of alterations on vehicles. As a law enforcement agency we are bound to enforce the laws and regulations that exist If you have a desire to change the standards that are currently on the books, the means of doing so is through legislation. alter-ation- how much lift ia allowable for vehicle baaed on the Groaa Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR). However, whenever a vehicle ia altered you must also make aure that possible additional requirements for the vehicle are taken care of. In this case, whenever a vehicles OEM ia dunged the law requires that the vehicle have mud (laps. Here in the Uintah Basin we aee several Kited vehicles that are within the scope of the hft law, but have failed to attach mud flaps. The mud (lap law requires that the tire be covered down to the center of the axle, and the entire width of the wheel, (UCA We also see many vehicles that extended have had their wheel-trac- k (wider tires). Remember, tires cannot extend beyond the periphery of the vehicle. It is permissible to attach fender (lares of up to three indies wide to make sure the tires are covered, but that is the limit. If fender flares are attached and the tire still extends beyond the flare, the vehicle is in violation. No part of the tire may extend past the side of the vehicle, (UCA The last of the top three alterations would betinted windows. State law reflects the Federal statute re &4U iAt4to MOVED!- - Uintah Basin .Medical Center pliysical therapists Chris I )alsing (left) and Russ Muir (righl). pose quickly for a picture during (lie busy open Ihhim for the new physical therapy facility. Between fi(K) and 700 community members took advantage of (lie opportunity fora free lunch last Wednesday, and checked out pliyskal therapys new localkm. The physical therapy department, which was prevknisly on tile east end of lire hospital, moved to the west end about two months ago. WE Having problems with cold sores? THE COUNTRY YET - Dr. IX'nnis recently received a plaque from Duchesne County Utah Farm Bureau President Keith Jensen for distinguished service in agriculture in the Uintah basin. Doctor Dan as he is affectionately known, served the area for over 50 years as a veterinarian. While a member of the Utah House of Representatives for 1 2 years he was a strong advocate for agriculture. Now retired, he serves as a patriarch for the Church of Jesus Christ of I Jttcr-Da- y Saints in the Roosevelt Stake. The distinguished service award is a new award presented by the Farm Bureau, said Jensen, adding that Dr IX'nnis came immediately to mind when the award was announced. Controlling diabetes reduces risk of complications Acceptance or denial, a simple choice. However, for Kathryn Powell of Salt Lake City, acceptance made all the difference in her ability to control her diabetes. been diagnosed dont control their diabetes for a variety of reasons, including denial, not taking the disease seriously, and difficulty in changing lifestyle habits. Diabkes is a chronic disease that can lead to serious complications such as blindness, kidney failure, amputations, heart disease, nerve damage and stroke, stated UDCP Information Specialist Brenda Bodily. But many of these complications could be reduced by over 50 percent if people with diabetes maintained near normal sugar levels. Powell has managed to maintain control over her diabkea for the past five years with the help ofher family, diabetes care team, software system and her strong positive outlook on diabetes control. My family has been ao supportive and active in my care, said Powell. We all learned to eat healthier and found this did not change our ftin" eating times, but brought new food items to light. Im not thrilled to have this disease, but since I do have it, I choose to take control of it the best I can and to live a full and active life as long as I can, said Powell. An essential part of diabetes control recommended for Powell and all Utahns has been regular screenings for complications. To encourage Utahns with diabetes to get these important screenings, UDCP and the American Diabetes Association have When I was first diagnosed with diabetes, I felt frightened, frustrated and alone, said Powell. But with cient Greek ' philosopherpoet the help of a wonderful dietitian and Heraclitus, asked to tell how to diabetes nurse educator. I started achieve concord, sprinkled some out on a path of change. I soon found that the way to barley into a glass of water, stirred it succeed with thia diseaseonly was to acaround and drank it off. He said not a cept it, and make my changes posiword but left his hearers to puzzle tive, she said. By taking control of out for themselves the possible mean- my diabetes, my whole life changed for the better. I lost weight, had my ing or meanings of his gesture. Poems with words do much the glucose levels in check, ate healthier, same thing. The words do not so much but most of all I found myself feeling better, really being happy and in cenexpress the thought the poet may tred of my whole life. have had in mind as evoke thoughts, According to the Utah Departhearin feelings, and understandings ment of Hralth Diabetes Control ers or readers-a- s has been pointed Program (UDCP), an estimated out in this column. In Heraclitus's 120,000 Utahns have diabetes. Unsociety there was a drink made of fortunately, many ofthem dont propbarley, wine, cheese, and sometimes erly control their diabetes. It is estid mated more than of honey that was palatable only ifdrunk Utahnsthat with diabetes arent treating while in solution from having been their disease because they are unvigorously stirred. Otherwise it sepaaware they have it. Many who have rated into its unappetizing parts. Heraclitus, it seems, was referring his hearers to this drink. "Even the barky-drin- k separates if it is not stirred, he sys in one of his verbal utterances. In another he says that even the most beautiful order in the Oct 23-- Kristy Kelly Kimball and Patrick K.C. McCormick, Vernal, partnered with organizations universe is a heap of sweepings, id boy. random. at throughout Utah to offer free diabepiled up tes related activities, including comA modern commentator on Oct. 24- - Mindy Rose Neilsen, Roosevelt boy. plication screenings, health (airs and Heraditus, T. M. Robinson, inter- Oct. 25- - Tonya Lynn Merrell and cooking classes throughout National barreference the verbal to the prets Jordan Peter Merrell, Vernal, boy. Diabetes Awareness Month in ley drink thus: "Without the rotation Oct 28- - Trisha Robin Crus and oftbe stars and planets... there would Ernest Ray Cruz Jr., Vernal, boy. be no ordered universe as we know it, merely different sets oTingnedients." likewise in society "the city.. .has a dynamism of ita own. Without constant efforts on the part of all groups to keep it in fluid operation, its natural tendency is towards stratification rather than community." So how ia concord achieved in a community? By stirring the pot. Such is a plausible interpretation of the feature. Like verbal poetry with which we are familiar, this wordless piece leaves us a certain latitude in which to achieve each of us for himself or herself the precise meaning that we cany away from it. Heraclitus speaks in another of hit utterances of expressing himself not only in words but also in "deeds. New Owners: Brent & Cora Briggs Here we have an example ofhis doing (Former Owners of the Hub Cafe) the latter-- a wordless poem! Ia poetiy necessarily a verbal phenomenon? Apparently not. The an- one-thir- vm&iaafimntmsx ATTENTION DUCHESNE COUNTY RESIDENTS When traveling to the Wastach Front, stop at the Wagon Wheel Cafe in Heber need a place for (5) your Christmas Party q Do you Researchers say it's Cold sores are the most common researchers say theres a good chance Researchers from the U of U School of Medicine and Eccles Institute of Human Genetics have traced susceptibility to cold sores, also known as fever blisters, to a region of six genes on human chromosome 21. Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1- ) causes the sores, but while most people are infected with thia virus, only some get frequent cold sores. A mathematical analysis computed the odds of linkage from one of the six genes to cold sores at 2,500: enough to indicate a correlation, said John D. Kriesel, M.D., assistant research professor of internal medicine. The six candidate genes had not previously been linked to cold sores. More research needs to be done to determine which of the six candidates actually causes frequent cold sores. There is very likely a human susceptibility gene for herpes simplex virus recurrences, said Kriesel, who presented the findings Sunday at the FALCON'SLEDGE ---- Ahament, Utah 435-454-37- Call today for special pricing genes recurrent viral infection that people get and University of Utnh medical that a predisposition to them is inherited through one of six genes. -- herpes, which sometimes causes blindness, and genital herpes. With that in mind, the U researchers started looking for a genetic link to cold sores in 1 9f)8. They began their search by combing through a database of 45 mult (generational families-35- 0 the people-i- n Utah Genetic Reference Project (UGRP). UGRP was assembled under the direction of Lepert to create genetic marker maps of human chromosomes for a database to study diseases. The U researchers eventually narrowed the database to 87 people in nine families who already have HSV-- 1 infection. The 87 were divided into two groups: those who dont get cold diseasea-ocul- ar sores, and those who gel two or more a year. The t wo grous wore com iarcd in a computer analysis that assn mid dominant and recessive inodes of inheritance and linkid genetic markers with the common traits of cold sores. The computer analysis cone cluded that a region on human 21. including six candidate genes, is likely linkid to cold sores, according to Kriesel. eliro-innsom- Infectious Disease Society of Americas annual meeting in Chicago. That gene may be passed down in families, and could be dominant or recessive. Along with Kriesel, the U of U researchers include Mark F. Leppert, Ph.D., professor and cochair of the Department of Human Genetics; Spots wood L. Spruance, M.D., professor of internal medicine; Andreas Peiffer, Ph.D., research assistant professor of pediatrics; Brith Ottered, computer specialist; and Brandt Jones, senior lab specialist. Besides being a first-rat- e annoyance for those who get them, cold sores also can lead to more serious HONORED - Director of the I hkhesne senior citizens play The XYZ Files," Shiriene Ioulson (pictured second from right), received a dozen red roses from her grateful cast. The show was a hit, silling out both nights. Actors and actresses dkl everlhing from performing to helping out in the kitchen and cleaning up after the show. 71 OPENING FOR BUINEIX MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH, wue' R ETTA U RANT MM 2002 T3 n 3 FINE MEXICAN FOOD ERVING LUNCH AND DINNER DAILY u! 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